MAKE visits GE
Last week, the New York-based MAKE team head up to GE’s research center in Niskayuna, NY to meet some of their engineers, many of whom are makers in addition to what they make at work.
Month: September 2009
How-To: Dirndl Clothespin Bag
I don’t have a clothesline in my yard, but this fantastic dirndl clothespin bag from Hannah of Knick Knacks & Ric Rac makes me want to put one in immediately. About 10 years ago i got this adorable dirndl-style vintage clothespin bag, and even though i am very delicate with it (as delicate as you […]
3D printing in glass
The Solheim Rapid Prototyping lab at the University of Washington was in the news last March for developing a new 3D printing process that uses ceramic powder as an inexpensive alternative to the pricier substrates that are currently the de facto standard for powder-bed processes. Well they’ve done it again, this time with 20 micron glass powder, which is formed into an object by layerwise application of a liquid binder. When the part is complete, it can be sintered in a kiln to produce a continuous glass part. The official UW online press release includes a telling quote from lab co-director Mark Ganter: “It became clear that if we could get a material into powder form at about 20 microns we could print just about anything.”
Layar AR goes 3D
Layar, the augmented reality app for the Android platform will be incorporating 3D capabilities into the application in November. They’ve released a tech preview this week for PICNIC ’09 in Amsterdam.
Helping hand upgrade
A simple helping hand upgrade for holding pots and switches.
Beetleborg, certified Creep City
Cyborg insects, hybrids of insects and machines, have been under development in military R&D for a few years now (no, seriously). Now, electrical engineers at the University of California, Berkeley have developed an implantable radio-controlled neural stimulating device that allows them to control, with a fair degree of accuracy, the flight of an insect, in […]
EE Times’ LED issue
The latest (free) electronic edition of EE Times is online and it’s devoted to the LED. Entitled “LEDs: Let There Be Lighting,” the issue explores mainly the business side of LEDs and the impact that this lighting and display technology will have on the marketplace of the near-future, and in various commercial and domestic applications. […]
